"q.v." meaning in English

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Adverb

Etymology: From Latin quod videās, or from quod vidē (literally “which see”), from quod (the neuter of quī (“what”)) + vidē the imperative of videō (“I see”), or videās, the second-person present subjunctive of the same verb. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la||quod videās}} Latin quod videās Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} q.v. (not comparable)
  1. quod vide; which see (advises the reader to look up a mentioned text for further information). Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: q. [verb], qv, qd. vid. [rare] Related terms: qq.v. (alt: plural: quae vide) Translations (which see): s. d. (German), βλ. (vl.) (alt: βλέπε (vlépe)) (Greek), lásd ott (Hungarian), q.v. (Latin), см. (sm.) (alt: смотри́ (smotrí)) (Russian)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adverb

Etymology: From Latin quantum vīs (literally “as much as you want”), from quantum (“as much as”) + vīs (“you want, you wish”), the second person singular active indicative form of volō (“I want, I wish”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la||quantum vīs|lit=as much as you want}} Latin quantum vīs (literally “as much as you want”) Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} q.v. (not comparable)
  1. (in prescriptions) as much as you wish Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-q.v.-en-adv-QT3v03mq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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